Fraser-Pryce, who won gold in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m at this year's world championships in Moscow, said she is thinking of pulling out of international competition because Jamaica's Athletics Administrative Authority is not doing enough to defend athletes from "hurtful" accusations, or providing enough support for up-and-coming runners.

"You listen to accusations about Jamaica's athletes and there is no one to get up, take the mic and say, 'What you are saying is a lie'. They are just sitting back enjoying the benefits and fruits of our labour but when it's time to actually doing their jobs they are not doing it.

"If it comes down to not competing to make sure that things are up to scratch when it comes to facilities and different things in Jamaica then I would. We believe that we deserve not to have our names tarnished."

"All I am trying to say is that I don't want Jadco to be brought into disrepute because of me," he said. "So I am thinking that, in the best interest of Jamaica, perhaps I should speak to the prime minister. I am only an individual, and Jadco is more important than any individual or any board. And, therefore, if that [resignation] will take the heat off Jadco, as Jadco has very important work to do, then forget it.

"In the interest of Jadco and Jamaica, I would resign. I don't know if I would do it right away, because I don't want anybody to feel that I did anything wrong and, therefore, that is why I am resigning."

Elliott admitted he had not been able to locate all of his papers to verify his various qualifications, adding: "My wife died three years ago, and I don't know where all the papers are. I don't even know where all the bank books are."

Earlier this month the World Anti-Doping Agency arrived in the island to conduct an extraordinary audit into Jadco, the results of which are expected next week, following revelations from Renée Anne Shirley, the former executive director of Jadco, that there was just one random test in the country between March and July 2012 while the country's athletes prepared for the Olympic Games.

But despite the spate of positive tests in recent months – which have included the former 100m world record holder Asafa Powell, the Olympic 4x100m silver medallist Sherone Simpson and the sprinter Veronica Campbell-Brown – Fraser-Pryce insisted that the criticism of Jamaica's athletes was unfair.

"There is no one in Jamaica looking to dope up intentionally to run fast," she said. "What's happening is athletes not checking the supplements that they use. No one is intentionally cheating."